{"id":261853,"date":"2023-06-12T21:23:18","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T19:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=261853"},"modified":"2023-06-12T21:23:32","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T19:23:32","slug":"you-are-being-conned-data-studies-un-ipcc-all-reveal-canadian-fires-not-due-to-climate-change-there-has-been-a-significant-continuing-decline-in-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=261853","title":{"rendered":"You are being conned: Data, studies &amp; UN IPCC all reveal Canadian fires not due to \u2018climate change\u2019 \u2013 \u2018There has been a significant &amp; continuing decline in the number of fires\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"481\" data-attachment-id=\"261865\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=261865\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/03000.jpeg?fit=3000%2C1996&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3000,1996\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"03000\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/03000.jpeg?fit=723%2C481&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/03000.jpeg?resize=723%2C481&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-261865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/03000.jpeg?resize=1024%2C681&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/03000.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/03000.jpeg?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/03000.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1022&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/03000.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1363&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/03000.jpeg?resize=1200%2C798&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/03000.jpeg?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/03000.jpeg?w=2169&amp;ssl=1 2169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatedepot.com\/2023\/06\/09\/you-are-being-conned-data-studies-un-ipcc-all-reveal-canadian-fires-not-due-to-climate-change-there-has-been-a-significant-continuing-decline-in-the-number-of-fires\/\">Climate Depot<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Marc Morano statement: &#8220;The media and climate activists are again weaponizing wildfires and linking them to climate change. Wildfires, both globally and in Canada, have been declining significantly. Despite these facts, climate activists now want to use Canada&#8217;s wildfires as another excuse to take away even more of our freedoms and raise the price of electricity. Better forest management, cracking down on arson, and improved fire impression practices are what is needed, not the Green New Deal.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Blaming global warming for the fires makes them &#8216;our fault&#8217; &#8212; it&#8217;s our SUVs, our gas stoves, which have caused these Canadian fires and smoke! Now they can use this as a premise to justify more regulations to fix the problem. First, masks, stay-at-home orders, school, business, and sporting event cancelations. Second, to &#8216;fix&#8217; the climate, we will give up more freedoms and modern necessities like gas-powered cars, eating meat, home appliances,&nbsp; freedom of movement, and cheap reliable energy. Welcome to climate lockdowns.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatedepot.com\/author\/marcmorano\/\">Marc Morano<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.climatedepot.com\/\">Climate Depot<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the scientific evidence, climate activists are still pushing a man-made climate change link to the Canadian wildfires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-joins-aoc-linking-canadian-wildfires-climate-crisis\">Biden joins AOC in linking Canadian wildfires to \u2018climate crisis\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 Ocasio-Cortez has used the wildfires to push for her signature Green New Deal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Biden has joined far-left \u201cSquad\u201d member Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., in linking the ongoing&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/health\/canadian-wildfire-smoke-disrupting-air-quality-millions-americans-can-travel-deep-lungs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Canadian wildfires<\/a>&nbsp;pouring smoke into the U.S. to the \u201cclimate crisis.\u201d \u201cWe\u2019ve deployed more than 600 U.S. firefighters, support personnel, and equipment to support Canada as they respond to record wildfires \u2013 events that are intensifying because of the climate crisis,\u201d Biden tweeted Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the wildfire data and scientific evidence and history reveal otherwise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatedepot.com\/2023\/06\/07\/canadian-national-fire-database-data-disputes-climate-link-to-fires-there-has-been-a-significant-continuing-decline-in-the-number-of-fires-no-discernible-trend-in-the-area-burned\/\">Canadian National Fire Database data disputes climate link to fires: \u2018There has been a significant &amp; continuing decline in the number of fires &amp; no discernible trend in the area burned\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"542\" data-attachment-id=\"261855\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=261855\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-169.png?fit=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-169\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-169.png?fit=723%2C542&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-169.png?resize=723%2C542&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-261855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-169.png?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-169.png?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-169.png?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-169.png?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-169.png?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-169.png?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-169.png?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/natural-resources.canada.ca\/our-natural-resources\/forests\/wildland-fires-insects-disturbances\/forest-fires\/13143\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Canada\u2019s Department of Natural Resources<\/a>, fires have been occurring for thousands of years in the boreal forests of eastern Canada \u2013 not exactly unprecedented. In addition, they call fire a primary change agent that is as crucial to forest renewal as the sun and rain -perhaps not a calamity either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It appears that 2023 is on pace to be a year with unusually high numbers of fires.&nbsp;Yet the previous year was one of historically low numbers. The Canadian National Fire Database (2023) provides facts to dispute the idea of climate change-driven increases in fires in Canadian fires.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/nfdp.ccfm.org\/en\/data\/fires.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According the CNFD<\/a>, there has been a significant and continuing decline in the number of fires and no discernible trend in the area burned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatedepot.com\/2023\/06\/09\/even-the-un-ipcc-admits-climate-change-doesnt-increase-forest-fires\/\">Even the UN IPCC Admits Climate Change Doesn\u2019t Increase Forest Fires<\/a>\u2013 Roger Pielke JR, a former chairman of the American Meteorological Society Committee on Weather Forecasting, points out that even the alarmist Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change (IPCC) \u201chas not detected or attributed fire occurrence or area burned to human-caused climate change.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatedepot.com\/2023\/06\/09\/canadian-wildfires-climate-lockdowns-begin-masks-stay-at-home-orders-cancelled-schools-businesses-sporting-events\/\">Canadian Wildfires \u2013 CLIMATE LOCKDOWNS BEGIN! Masks, stay-at-home orders, canceled schools, businesses &amp; sporting events<\/a>\u2013 Economist Martin Armstrong: \u201cThe governments are testing an ECONOMIC LOCKDOWN.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatedepot.com\/2023\/06\/07\/usa-today-smoke-keeping-temperatures-cooler-than-average-temps-running-5-8-degrees-cooler-than-forecast-due-to-smoke-in-the-atmosphere\/\">USA Today: Smoke \u2018keeping temperatures cooler than average \u2013 Temps \u2018running 5-8 degrees cooler than forecast due to smoke in the atmosphere\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatedepot.com\/2023\/06\/07\/media-wrong-again-quebec-wildfires-media-has-been-quick-to-link-canada-fires-to-man-made-climate-change\/\">Media Wrong Again &amp; Quebec wildfires: \u2018Media has been quick\u2019 to link Canada fires to man-made climate change<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatedepot.com\/2023\/06\/07\/canadian-national-fire-database-data-disputes-climate-link-to-fires-there-has-been-a-significant-continuing-decline-in-the-number-of-fires-no-discernible-trend-in-the-area-burned\/\">Canadian National Fire Database data disputes climate link to fires: \u2018There has been a significant &amp; continuing decline in the number of fires &amp; no discernible trend in the area burned\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2023\/06\/07\/see-wildfire-smoke-map-of-us-canada\/70293572007\/\">USA Today: As Canada burns, smoke makes US air unhealthy and skies eerie. Is climate change to blame?<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;<\/strong>\u201cClimate change is real and having a huge impact on Canadians right now with forest fires burning across the country,\u201d tweeted&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cathmckenna\/status\/1663496179156410368?s=20\">Catherine McKenna, Canada\u2019s former climate minister<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2023\/06\/07\/see-wildfire-smoke-map-of-us-canada\/70293572007\/\">USA Today: Smoke \u2018keeping temperatures cooler than average \u2013 Temps \u2018running 5-8 degrees cooler than forecast due to smoke in the atmosphere\u2019<\/a>:&nbsp;<\/strong>Due to an area of low pressure that\u2019s hovering offshore, along with an area of high pressure over Canada, a northerly flow of air was funneling the smoke south into the U.S. from Canada, AccuWeather said. This was keeping temperatures cooler than average, as the smoke filters out the blazing June sunshine.For example, the weather service in Washington, D.C., said in an online forecast discussion Tuesday that \u201ctemperatures this morning have been running 5-8 degrees cooler than forecast due to the smoke in the atmosphere.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>#<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/06\/07\/new-york-yankees-canada-wildfires\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Canada Wildfires Create Terrifying Skies At Yankee Stadium That Had To Have Fans Thinking It Was The End Of The World<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/06\/07\/canadian-wildfires-videos-us-skies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Crazy Videos Show Extreme Impact Of Canada\u2019s Wildfires On US<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We definitely do not want to go back to the fires during the pre-industrial climate of 150-years ago.  America burned \ud83d\udd25 continuously, set by settlers, farmers, and indigenous population. <br><br>Excellent essay on history of fires:  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0L0grv708k\">https:\/\/t.co\/0L0grv708k<\/a><br><br>1880 Census of Fire \ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a6EeHqpB1p\">pic.twitter.com\/a6EeHqpB1p<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RyanMaue\/status\/1666630982961623049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 8, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We definitely do not want to go back to the fires during the pre-industrial climate of 150-years ago.  America burned \ud83d\udd25 continuously, set by settlers, farmers, and indigenous population. <br><br>Excellent essay on history of fires:  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0L0grv708k\">https:\/\/t.co\/0L0grv708k<\/a><br><br>1880 Census of Fire \ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a6EeHqpB1p\">pic.twitter.com\/a6EeHqpB1p<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RyanMaue\/status\/1666630982961623049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 8, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatedepot.com\/2018\/08\/07\/less-fire-today-than-centuries-ago-scientists-studies-counter-claim-that-wildfires-due-to-climate-change-book-excerpt\/\">\u2018Less fire today than centuries ago\u2019 \u2013 Scientists, studies counter claim that wildfires due to \u2018climate change\u2019 \u2013 Book Excerpt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is increasing&nbsp;evidence that there is overall less fire in the landscape today than there has&nbsp;been centuries ago, although the magnitude of this reduction still needs to&nbsp;be examined in more detail.\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe \u2018wildfire problem\u2019 is essentially more a social than a natural one.\u201d&nbsp;Researchers from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid found that \u201cclimate&nbsp;change\u201d is not to blame for increased forest fires in the Mediterranean&nbsp;basin.\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn the United States, wildfires are also due in part to a failure to thin&nbsp;forests or remove dead and diseased trees. In 2014, forestry professor David&nbsp;B. South of Auburn University testified to the U.S. Senate Environment and&nbsp;Public Works Committee that \u201cdata suggest that extremely large&nbsp;megafires were four-times more common before 1940,\u201d adding that \u201cwe cannot reasonably&nbsp;say that anthropogenic global warming causes extremely large wildfires.\u201d&nbsp;As he explained, \u201cTo attribute this human-caused increase in fire&nbsp;risk to carbon dioxide emissions is simply unscientific.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatedepot.com\/2021\/09\/05\/the-collapse-of-climate-related-deaths-fallen-over-90-since-1920\/\">The Collapse of Climate-Related Deaths: Deaths have \u2018fallen over 90% since 1920\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"624\" data-attachment-id=\"261859\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=261859\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-170.png?fit=979%2C845&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"979,845\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-170\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-170.png?fit=723%2C624&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-170.png?resize=723%2C624&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-261859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-170.png?w=979&amp;ssl=1 979w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-170.png?resize=300%2C259&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-170.png?resize=768%2C663&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatedepot.com\/2018\/08\/01\/l-a-times-calif-climate-wildfire-story-hides-key-studies-showing-global-calif-wildfires-in-decline\/\">L. A. Times Calif. climate wildfire story hides key studies showing global &amp; Calif. wildfires in decline<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatedepot.com\/2018\/08\/01\/mismanagement-turned-california-forests-into-a-terrible-fire-threat-expert-says\/\">MISMANAGEMENT TURNED CALIFORNIA FORESTS INTO A \u2018TERRIBLE FIRE THREAT,\u2019 EXPERT SAYS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatedepot.com\/2018\/07\/31\/a-geological-perspective-of-wildfires-global-biomass-burning-during-past-century-has-been-lower-than-at-any-time-in-past-2000-years\/\">A Geological Perspective of Wildfires: \u2018Global biomass burning during past century has been lower than at any time in past 2000 years\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatedepot.com\/2018\/07\/30\/wildfires-are-not-worse-despite-media-hype-about-global-warming\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/jo.nova\/graph\/land\/fires\/fire-trends-fig2-global-m.gif?resize=723%2C251&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Wildfires are not worse \u2014 despite media hype about \u2018global warming\u2019\" width=\"723\" height=\"251\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatedepot.com\/2018\/07\/30\/wildfires-are-not-worse-despite-media-hype-about-global-warming\/\">Wildfires are not worse \u2014 despite media hype about \u2018global warming\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u2018Since 1998, fires have declined\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u2018In the last 200 years fires don\u2019t seem to have increased either\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u2018In California, before Europeans arrived the area burned was 6 times higher\u2019<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.climatedepot.com\/2018\/08\/08\/bjorn-lomborg-stop-these-silly-undocumented-claims-of-ever-increasing-fire-claims-based-on-anecdotes-not-data-global-u-s-fires-declining\/\">Bjorn Lomborg: \u2018Stop these silly, undocumented claims of ever-increasing fire\u2019 Claims \u2018based on anecdotes, not data\u2019 \u2013 Reality is Global &amp; U.S. fires declining<\/a><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.climatedepot.com\/2018\/08\/08\/bjorn-lomborg-global-warming-is-a-little-part-of-the-reason-we-see-less-burning\/\">]<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatedepot.com\/2018\/11\/30\/u-s-geological-survey-2018-california-wildfires-emitted-as-much-co2-as-an-entire-years-worth-of-calif-electricity\/\">U.S. Geological Survey: 2018 California Wildfires Emitted as Much CO2 as an Entire Year\u2019s Worth of Calif. Electricity<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Interior Secretary Zinke calls for better forest management<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cThe 2018 wildfire season in California is estimated to have released emissions equivalent to roughly 68 million tons of carbon dioxide. This number equates to about 15 percent of all California emissions, and it is on par with the annual emissions produced by generating enough electricity to power the entire state for a year.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatedepot.com\/2019\/08\/29\/nasa-global-wildfires-drop-by-25-since-2003-plus-study-finds-earths-tree-cover-increased-by-7-since-1982\/\">NASA 2019 report: Global Wildfires Drop By 25% Since 2003 \u2013 Plus Study finds Earth\u2019s tree cover increased by 7% since 1982<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cSince NASA satellites program MODIS began collecting measurements there has been a decrease in the total number of square kilometers burned each year. Between 2003 and 2019, that number has dropped by roughly 25 percent.\u201d \u2013NASA Earth Observatory, August 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cNews reports about the Amazon fires strike a fear that one of the last great forests is disappearing.&nbsp; That\u2019s completely untrue. Forests are making a comeback! More precisely, the tree cover of the planet is increasing. &nbsp;Since 1982, a recent peer-reviewed paper in Nature suggests, the planet\u2019s tree cover increased by 2.24 million km2 (an increase of roughly 7%).\u201d&nbsp; \u2013Vincent Geloso, American Institute for Economic Research, 26 August 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatedepot.com\/2019\/09\/03\/shellenberger-forget-the-amazon-hype-fires-globally-have-declined-25-since-2003-thanks-to-economic-growth\/\">Shellenberger: Forget The Amazon Hype, Fires Globally Have Declined 25% Since 2003 Thanks To Economic Growth \u2013 Burning \u2018is declining thanks to development\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Michael Shellenberger: \u201cAgainst the picture painted by celebrities and the mainstream media that fires around the world are caused by economic growth, the truth is the opposite: the amount of land being burned is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/images\/90493\/researchers-detect-a-global-drop-in-fires\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>declining<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;thanks to development, including urbanization.&nbsp;That\u2019s because the amount of land being converted into ranches and farms has been going down, not up, and because more of it is being done with machines than with fire.&nbsp;For the last 35 years,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2018-08-global-forest-loss-years-offset.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the world has been re-foresting<\/a>, meaning new tree growth has exceeded deforestation. The area of the Earth covered with forest has increased by an area the size of Texas and&nbsp;Alaska combined.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Less land is being converted into agriculture globally in part because farmers are growing more food on less land.&nbsp;Much of the re-forestation is occurring in&nbsp;deserts and tundra that had been barren, thanks to human-led&nbsp;reforestation initiatives, such as in China&nbsp;and Africa, and&nbsp;because of global warming. Warmer temperatures&nbsp;are what have allowed forests to&nbsp;grow in tundra.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cThe wealthy countries hold big speeches on the need to avoid deforestation but they already deforested everything. \u201cFew countries have the moral authority to talk about deforestation with Brazil.\u201d \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShellenbergerMD\/status\/1168579499908161537\">Luis In\u00e1cio \u201cLula\u201d da Silva (2007)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatedepot.com\/2021\/07\/18\/nyt-claims-no-one-is-safe-from-extreme-weather-dr-pielke-responds-i-cant-get-over-how-egregiously-wrong-this-nyt-article-is-people-have-never-in-all-of-history-been-more-safe-in\/\">NYT claims \u2018no one is safe\u2019 from extreme weather: Dr. Pielke responds: \u2018I can\u2019t get over how egregiously wrong this NYT article is\u2019 \u2013 People \u2018have never in all of history been more safe in the face of weather &amp; climate extremes\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatedepot.com\/2021\/12\/15\/dr-roger-pielke-jr-what-is-climate-attribution-about-politics-first-science-second\/\">Dr. Roger Pielke Jr. : \u2018What is climate attribution about? Politics first, science second\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Pielke Jr. : \u201cWhat is climate attribution about? Politics first, science second So let\u2019s err on the side of claiming every weather event is linked, connected, fueled by climate.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatedepot.com\/2022\/01\/10\/biden-tours-colorado-wildfire-damage-that-destroyed-1000-homes-offer-his-solution-were-gonna-have-windmills-youre-gonna-see-that-have-100-yard-wingspans-each-each-propeller\/\">Biden tours Colorado wildfire damage that destroyed 1000 homes \u2014 offer his solution: \u2018We\u2019re gonna have windmills, you\u2019re gonna see that have 100-yard wingspans, each, each propeller on that on that windmill, 100 yards long\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Biden after touring wildfire damage in Colorado that destroyed more than 1,000 homes: \u201cWe\u2019re gonna have windmills, you\u2019re gonna see that have 100-yard wingspans, each, each propeller on that on that windmill, 100 yards long. So there\u2019s so much that\u2019s going to be able to be done.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>#<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ben Pile: \u201cClimate scientists are the worst people to listen to about floods. They are overwrought with emotion, self-importance and ideology. The best people to speak to are engineers.&nbsp;The engineer\u2019s solution to flooding is to build and maintain waterways and drainage, properly zone development, and to raise land levels or barriers where appropriate\u2026 And so on\u2026The climate scientist\u2019s solution to the possibility \u2014 or even inevitability \u2014 of flooding is to completely transform society, to regulate lifestyles and to enforce austerity.&nbsp;But it will still flood.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatedepot.com\/2017\/10\/17\/fires-far-worse-last-century-claim-global-warming-causing-wildfires-goes-up-in-flames\/\">Fires far worse last century: Claim global warming causing wildfires goes up in \u2014 flames<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Never ones to let a \u201cserious crisis go to waste,\u201d Green pressure groups are shamelessly attributing the fires to global warming and claiming that this year\u2019s fires ravaged the largest area ever recorded.&nbsp;\u201cBut that is because the National Interagency Fire Center curiously \u2013 and somewhat conveniently \u2013 only shows the annual burnt area back to 1960, when fire suppression indeed was going strong, and hence we had some of the lowest amounts of burnt forests ever,\u201d explains Bj\u00f8rn Lomborg, President of the Copenhagen Consensus Center.&nbsp;\u201cYet, the official historical data of the United States tells a different story. Look at the Historical Statistics of the United States \u2013 Colonial Times to 1970,&nbsp; There we have statistics for area burnt since 1926 and up to 1970. Reassuringly, the data for 1960-1970 \u2018completely overlap.\u2019&nbsp; This is the same data series.\u201d&nbsp; Professor Lomborg shared the graph above.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatedepot.com\/2021\/09\/12\/media-climate-activists-now-admit-trump-was-correct-on-better-forest-management-to-stop-wildfires\/\">Media &amp; climate activists now admit Trump was correct on better forest management to stop wildfires<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatedepot.com\/2021\/09\/06\/watch-the-infantilization-gansterization-of-science-by-co2-mafia-dr-willie-soon-debunks-climate-wildfire-claims\/\">Watch: The \u2018infantilization &amp; gangsterization of science by CO2 Mafia\u2019 \u2013 Dr. Willie Soon debunks climate wildfire claims<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatedepot.com\/2021\/09\/05\/california-wildfire-devastation-was-entirely-preventable-through-proper-land-management-nearly-every-major-forest-fire-reveals-deadly-blazes-either-start-or-grow-on-federally-mismanaged-land\/\">California Wildfire Devastation Was Entirely Preventable Through Proper Land Management \u2013 \u2018Nearly every major forest fire\u2026reveals deadly blazes either start or grow on federally mismanaged land\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A quick examination of the map for nearly every major forest fire to make national headlines will reveal the deadly blazes either start or grow on federally mismanaged land.&nbsp;\u201cI don\u2019t think you can call it a coincidence,\u201d said Jonathan Wood, the vice president of policy and law at the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC), adding that two-thirds of fires start on federal property. \u201cIf it were one, maybe it would be a coincidence, but when you\u2019ve got a series, you\u2019ve got a trend.\u201d&nbsp;Wood told The Federalist the outbreak of current forest fires was entirely predictable, raising alarm in a&nbsp;report&nbsp;published in April that the U.S. Forest Service confronted a backlog of 63 million acres with a \u201chigh risk or very high risk of wildfire\u201d and another 80 million acres in need of restoration.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The media and climate activists are again weaponizing wildfires and linking them to climate change. 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